On 11/03/2014 11:34, Albert wrote:

On 11/03/2014 10:22, Paul Corfield wrote:
Recliner wrote:

http://www.itv.com/news/update/2014-...bob-crow-dies/

Interesting to listen to a decent set of comments from the BBC's
Norman Smith about Bob Crow. He recognised that Mr Crow was a shrewd
political operator and good in dealing with the media. I can't recall
when I heard anyone give a decent overview of the man rather than just
portray him as a villain.
Mr Crow's appearance on the Sunday Politics a few weeks ago was great
fun with him offering to take over from Andrew Neil - provided he got
Mr Neil's money for doing so.
I dread to think what the "rent a gobs" in the comments section in the
Daily Mail and Evening Standard will make of the news.

All in all, not as bad as it could be.

I love the quote from Bob about Thatcher: ‘I won’t shed one single tear
over her death. She destroyed the NHS and destroyed industry in this
country and as far as I'm concerned she can rot in hell.’

Actually, there must be people all over the country (but especially
among the commuting population of the Home Counties) who are ever so
slightly tempted to say something similar of Mr Crow - but are far too
polite and fair-minded to do so.

So they either stay silent or follow the widely-observed social
convention that "any man's death diminishes me" and extend sympathy and
condolences to Mr Crow's family, colleagues and friends.

And quite right too.